Aleš Briscein

Aleš Briscein studied originally clarinet and saxophone, later also opera singing at the Prague Conservatory. He continued his studies at the West Bohemian University in Pilsen. In 1995 he began singing as a soloist of the State Opera Prague and he sang several lyrical roles (Tamino in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Ferrando in Cosi fan tutte, Almaviva in Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia, Narciso in Rossini’s Il turco in Italia, Jenik in Smetana’s The Bartered Bride, Alfredo in Verdi’s La traviata, Kudryas in Janacek’s Katia Kabanova etc.) He is a regular guest of the opera in the National Theatre Prague (The Bartered Bride, Don Giovanni, La traviata, Jenufa) as well as at the State Opera Prague.

He participated in prestigeous festivals as Edinburgh International Festival, Prague Spring and others, he cooperates with outstanding orchestras, e.g. Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Scottish Royal National Orchestra etc. At Prague Spring in 2002 he sang as a world premiere the main tenor part of Jonathan in Sylvia Bodorova’s oratorium Juda Maccabeus. He recorded a CD of Pavel Haas’s opera The Charlatan for Decca Company.

On his tour about Japan in 1999 he performed Tamino in Die Zauberflöte and one year later Kudryas in Katia Kabanova at the premiere of the opera with the Tokyo Philharmony and he was chosen for performing Janacek’s opera From the House of the Dead in 2003. He sang with great success in the same year im Massenet’s Manon in Vancouver and in Donizetti’s Don Pasquale in Cyprus. In October 2004 he started his long-term cooperation with the Opera Nationale de Paris (R. Strauss – Ariadne auf Naxos, Der Rosenkavalier, Elektra, Janacek – From the House of the Dead, The Macropulos Affair, Verdi – La traviata, Stravinsky – The Rake’s Progress). Behind him there are many opera performances both at home and in abroad (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, England, Spain, the USA, Japan).

His repertoir is very wide, he also likes singing the old and spiritual music (Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Rossini). He also cooperates with the Czech Radio and Czech Television.

Important performances

2007 – 2008 season

• October – November 2007:
  Opéra National de Paris, Verdi – La traviata
• January 2008:
  tour of Japan, Mozart – Die Zauberflöte
• March 2008:
  Opéra National de Paris, Stravinsky – The Rake’s Progress
• June 2008:
  Teatro Real Madrid, Janacek – The Makropulos Affair

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